Purpose – Straightness measurement of rail weld joint is of essential importance to railway maintenance. Dueto the lack of efficient measurement equipment, there has been limited in-depth research on rail weld joint ...Purpose – Straightness measurement of rail weld joint is of essential importance to railway maintenance. Dueto the lack of efficient measurement equipment, there has been limited in-depth research on rail weld joint with a5-m wavelength range, leaving a significant knowledge gap in this field.Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors used the well-established inertial referencemethod (IR-method), and the state-of-the-art multi-point chord reference method (MCR-method). Two methodshave been applied in different types of rail straightness measurement trollies, respectively. These instrumentswere tested in a high-speed rail section within a certain region of China. The test results were ultimatelyvalidated through using traditional straightedge and feeler gauge methods as reference data to evaluate the railweld joint straightness within the 5-m wavelength range.Findings – The research reveals that IR-method and MCR-method produce reasonably similar measurementresults for wavelengths below 1 m. However, MCR-method outperforms IR-method in terms of accuracy forwavelengths exceeding 3 m. Furthermore, it was observed that IR-method, while operating at a slower speed,carries the risk of derailing and is incapable of detecting rail weld joints and low joints within the track.Originality/value – The research compare two methods’ measurement effects in a longer wavelength rangeand demonstrate the superiority of MCR-method.展开更多
Inertial reference system is one of the airborne equipment.According to the requirements of SAE ARP4754A Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems,MC9 equipment qualification test is needed to verify th...Inertial reference system is one of the airborne equipment.According to the requirements of SAE ARP4754A Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems,MC9 equipment qualification test is needed to verify that the inertial reference system can perform reservation function under specified service conditions.That is,the inertial reference system shall pass certain environmental tests specified in DO⁃160G.Some tests are faced with the problem that the test equipment should have the function requirements of isolation protection and load simulation.Therefore,a kind of test equipment which can provide isolation protection and simulate load function in the test is designed.展开更多
Attitude references are greatly needed for the evaluation and calibration of Inertial Navigation Systems(INSs),which are widely used in gravimeter,marine,and aeronautical navigation.High-accuracy turntable,INS,and Glo...Attitude references are greatly needed for the evaluation and calibration of Inertial Navigation Systems(INSs),which are widely used in gravimeter,marine,and aeronautical navigation.High-accuracy turntable,INS,and Global Navigation Satellite System have been utilized to verify the performance of relatively low-accuracy INS.The accuracy requirement of the attitude reference continuously increases with the rapid improvement of inertial sensors and navigation algorithms.However,the cost of attitude determination system increases rapidly with the increase of attitude accuracy requirement.To solve this limitation,the integration of level meter,INS,and low-cost turntable is proposed to provide level attitude,such as roll and pitch.The turntable is utilized to rotate the INS.An integration model of the level meter and INS is built to estimate the level attitude and reduce the cost of the turntable.The proposed method successfully avoids the dependence on high-accuracy turntables.An observability degree analysis is conducted to improve the level atti-tude accuracy further.The simulation and turntable test results indicate that the proposed method can provide high-accuracy level attitude without high-accuracy INS or turntable and is applicable to error calibration and attitude evaluation of INS.展开更多
An extended Kalman filter with adaptive gain was used to build a miniature attitude and heading reference system based on a stochastie model. The adaptive filter has six states with a time variable transition matrix. ...An extended Kalman filter with adaptive gain was used to build a miniature attitude and heading reference system based on a stochastie model. The adaptive filter has six states with a time variable transition matrix. When the system is in the non-acceleration mode, the accelerometer measurements of the gravity and the compass measurements of the heading have observability and yield good eslimates of the states. When the system is in the high dynamic mode and the bias has converged to an aceurate estimate, the attitude caleulation will be maintained for a long interval of time. The adaptive filter tunes its gain automatically based on the system dynamics sensed by the accelerometers to yield optimal performance,展开更多
In the fields of earth observation,deep space detection,laser communication,and directional energyweapon,the target needs to be observed and pointed at accurately.Acquisition,tracking,and pointing(ATP)systems are usua...In the fields of earth observation,deep space detection,laser communication,and directional energyweapon,the target needs to be observed and pointed at accurately.Acquisition,tracking,and pointing(ATP)systems are usually designed to stabilize the line of sight(LOS)within sub-micro radian levels.In the case of an ATP system mounted on a mobile platform,angular disturbances experienced by the mobile platform will seriously affect the LOS.To overcome the problemthat the sampling frequency of detectors is usually limited and achieving several hundreds of hertz is difficult,thewide-bandwidth inertial reference system(WBIRS)and fast steeringmirror are usually integrated into ATP systems to mitigate these angular disturbances.To reduce the structural stress,a flexible support providing two rotational degrees of freedomis usually adopted for the system.However,the occurrence of resonant points within the bandwidthwill be inevitable.Measurements have to be taken to compensate these low-frequency resonant points to realize a wide bandwidth and high precision.In this paper,the lowfrequency resonant points of a systemwere simulated using finite element analysis and tested by a systemidentification method.The results show that the first-order resonance happened at 34.5 Hz with a gain of 28 dB.An improved double-T notch filter was designed and applied in a real-time system to suppress the resonance at 34.5 Hz.The experimental results show that the resonance was significantly suppressed.In particular,the resonance peak was reduced by 79.37%.In addition,the closed-loop system settling time was reduced by 36.2%.展开更多
In this paper, a method of realizing an inertial coordinate System using the charge-coupled device (CCD) measurement technique is described in detail. The overlapping exposure method of determining the relative positi...In this paper, a method of realizing an inertial coordinate System using the charge-coupled device (CCD) measurement technique is described in detail. The overlapping exposure method of determining the relative positions of galaxies with respect to reference stars is emphatically discussed, and the results of the experimental observations made on the 1-m telescope of the Yunnan Observatory with a CCD camera are given. In addition, the corrections to the precessional and nutational constants:△p1, △q, △ψ, and △ε derived from observations in three epochs and the corresponding precision estimation are made. Finally, the method proposed in this paper is compared with the traditional photographic method that uses the glass plate or paper plate as the receiving material. From comparison, we come to the conclusion that the fundamental coordinate system may be transited into the inertial one with higher accuracy using the CCD maesurement technique.展开更多
This paper focuses on the development and application of a threedimensional gas-kinetic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook(BGK)method for the viscous flows in rotating machinery.For such flows,a rotating frame of reference is usua...This paper focuses on the development and application of a threedimensional gas-kinetic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook(BGK)method for the viscous flows in rotating machinery.For such flows,a rotating frame of reference is usually used in formulating the Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations,and there are two major concerns in constructing the corresponding BGK model.One is the change of the convective velocities in the N-S equations,which can be reflected through modification of the gas streaming velocity.The other one is the necessity to account for the effect of the additional Coriolis and centrifugal forces.Here,a specifically-designed acceleration term is added into the modified Boltzmann equation so that the source effects can be naturally included into the gas evolution process and the resulted fluxes.Under the finitevolume framework,the constructed BGK model is locally solved at each cell interface and then the numerical fluxes can be evaluated.When employing the BGK scheme,it is sometimes found that the calculated spatial derivatives of the initial and equilibrium distribution functions are sensitive to the mesh quality especially in complex rotating flow applications,which may significantly influence flux evaluation.Therefore,an improved approach for computing these slopes is adopted,through which the modeling capability for viscous flows is enhanced.For validation,several numerical examples are presented.The computed results show that the present method can be well applied to a wide range of flows in rotating machinery with favorable accuracy.展开更多
文摘Purpose – Straightness measurement of rail weld joint is of essential importance to railway maintenance. Dueto the lack of efficient measurement equipment, there has been limited in-depth research on rail weld joint with a5-m wavelength range, leaving a significant knowledge gap in this field.Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors used the well-established inertial referencemethod (IR-method), and the state-of-the-art multi-point chord reference method (MCR-method). Two methodshave been applied in different types of rail straightness measurement trollies, respectively. These instrumentswere tested in a high-speed rail section within a certain region of China. The test results were ultimatelyvalidated through using traditional straightedge and feeler gauge methods as reference data to evaluate the railweld joint straightness within the 5-m wavelength range.Findings – The research reveals that IR-method and MCR-method produce reasonably similar measurementresults for wavelengths below 1 m. However, MCR-method outperforms IR-method in terms of accuracy forwavelengths exceeding 3 m. Furthermore, it was observed that IR-method, while operating at a slower speed,carries the risk of derailing and is incapable of detecting rail weld joints and low joints within the track.Originality/value – The research compare two methods’ measurement effects in a longer wavelength rangeand demonstrate the superiority of MCR-method.
文摘Inertial reference system is one of the airborne equipment.According to the requirements of SAE ARP4754A Guidelines for Development of Civil Aircraft and Systems,MC9 equipment qualification test is needed to verify that the inertial reference system can perform reservation function under specified service conditions.That is,the inertial reference system shall pass certain environmental tests specified in DO⁃160G.Some tests are faced with the problem that the test equipment should have the function requirements of isolation protection and load simulation.Therefore,a kind of test equipment which can provide isolation protection and simulate load function in the test is designed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62073184).
文摘Attitude references are greatly needed for the evaluation and calibration of Inertial Navigation Systems(INSs),which are widely used in gravimeter,marine,and aeronautical navigation.High-accuracy turntable,INS,and Global Navigation Satellite System have been utilized to verify the performance of relatively low-accuracy INS.The accuracy requirement of the attitude reference continuously increases with the rapid improvement of inertial sensors and navigation algorithms.However,the cost of attitude determination system increases rapidly with the increase of attitude accuracy requirement.To solve this limitation,the integration of level meter,INS,and low-cost turntable is proposed to provide level attitude,such as roll and pitch.The turntable is utilized to rotate the INS.An integration model of the level meter and INS is built to estimate the level attitude and reduce the cost of the turntable.The proposed method successfully avoids the dependence on high-accuracy turntables.An observability degree analysis is conducted to improve the level atti-tude accuracy further.The simulation and turntable test results indicate that the proposed method can provide high-accuracy level attitude without high-accuracy INS or turntable and is applicable to error calibration and attitude evaluation of INS.
文摘An extended Kalman filter with adaptive gain was used to build a miniature attitude and heading reference system based on a stochastie model. The adaptive filter has six states with a time variable transition matrix. When the system is in the non-acceleration mode, the accelerometer measurements of the gravity and the compass measurements of the heading have observability and yield good eslimates of the states. When the system is in the high dynamic mode and the bias has converged to an aceurate estimate, the attitude caleulation will be maintained for a long interval of time. The adaptive filter tunes its gain automatically based on the system dynamics sensed by the accelerometers to yield optimal performance,
基金supported by the Research on Key Problems of Wide-band Inertial Reference Based on Magnetohydrodynamics (Grant number 61733012)National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project (Grant number 61703303)+2 种基金Tianjin Natural Science Foundation Youth Project (Grant number No. 17JCQNJCo4100)State Key Laboratory of Precision Testing Technology and Instruments Open Project (Grant number No. PILAB1705)2017 Tianjin Education Commission Research Project (Grant number 2017KJ086)
文摘In the fields of earth observation,deep space detection,laser communication,and directional energyweapon,the target needs to be observed and pointed at accurately.Acquisition,tracking,and pointing(ATP)systems are usually designed to stabilize the line of sight(LOS)within sub-micro radian levels.In the case of an ATP system mounted on a mobile platform,angular disturbances experienced by the mobile platform will seriously affect the LOS.To overcome the problemthat the sampling frequency of detectors is usually limited and achieving several hundreds of hertz is difficult,thewide-bandwidth inertial reference system(WBIRS)and fast steeringmirror are usually integrated into ATP systems to mitigate these angular disturbances.To reduce the structural stress,a flexible support providing two rotational degrees of freedomis usually adopted for the system.However,the occurrence of resonant points within the bandwidthwill be inevitable.Measurements have to be taken to compensate these low-frequency resonant points to realize a wide bandwidth and high precision.In this paper,the lowfrequency resonant points of a systemwere simulated using finite element analysis and tested by a systemidentification method.The results show that the first-order resonance happened at 34.5 Hz with a gain of 28 dB.An improved double-T notch filter was designed and applied in a real-time system to suppress the resonance at 34.5 Hz.The experimental results show that the resonance was significantly suppressed.In particular,the resonance peak was reduced by 79.37%.In addition,the closed-loop system settling time was reduced by 36.2%.
文摘In this paper, a method of realizing an inertial coordinate System using the charge-coupled device (CCD) measurement technique is described in detail. The overlapping exposure method of determining the relative positions of galaxies with respect to reference stars is emphatically discussed, and the results of the experimental observations made on the 1-m telescope of the Yunnan Observatory with a CCD camera are given. In addition, the corrections to the precessional and nutational constants:△p1, △q, △ψ, and △ε derived from observations in three epochs and the corresponding precision estimation are made. Finally, the method proposed in this paper is compared with the traditional photographic method that uses the glass plate or paper plate as the receiving material. From comparison, we come to the conclusion that the fundamental coordinate system may be transited into the inertial one with higher accuracy using the CCD maesurement technique.
基金This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11372135)the National Basic Research Program of China(“973”Project)(Grant No.2014CB046200).
文摘This paper focuses on the development and application of a threedimensional gas-kinetic Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook(BGK)method for the viscous flows in rotating machinery.For such flows,a rotating frame of reference is usually used in formulating the Navier-Stokes(N-S)equations,and there are two major concerns in constructing the corresponding BGK model.One is the change of the convective velocities in the N-S equations,which can be reflected through modification of the gas streaming velocity.The other one is the necessity to account for the effect of the additional Coriolis and centrifugal forces.Here,a specifically-designed acceleration term is added into the modified Boltzmann equation so that the source effects can be naturally included into the gas evolution process and the resulted fluxes.Under the finitevolume framework,the constructed BGK model is locally solved at each cell interface and then the numerical fluxes can be evaluated.When employing the BGK scheme,it is sometimes found that the calculated spatial derivatives of the initial and equilibrium distribution functions are sensitive to the mesh quality especially in complex rotating flow applications,which may significantly influence flux evaluation.Therefore,an improved approach for computing these slopes is adopted,through which the modeling capability for viscous flows is enhanced.For validation,several numerical examples are presented.The computed results show that the present method can be well applied to a wide range of flows in rotating machinery with favorable accuracy.
